Matt, Your explanation is very good. And I think all veteran online instructors would generally agree. The difficulty in our regulatory world, is that a specific number for operational efficacy and compliance regulation is being determined in many organizations. Accrediting bodies are attempting to decide maximum numbers say teachers are not overloaded at the same time for-profit institutions are trying to maximize teacher resources across their student populations. The likelihood of having different maximum/minimum class populations for different types of classes is not very high. I think the fundamental bases of your approach are academically solid. This is just one of the points at which the academic pursuits comes in conflict with the operational efficiencies. Thank you for your contribution. Dr. S. David Vaillancourt